What is DNA
What does DNA look like
How does DNA replicate
What are mutations
Vocab
100
DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
A double helix
What is DNA in the shape of
100
The process is replication
What is the process that DNA duplicates
100
It results in mutations that result in the abnormal and harmful function of a cell
What does genetic disorder result in
100
RNA
What is ribonucleic acid
200
A code that has the functions of the cell
What is in DNA
200
A twisted ladder
What is a double helix
200
The three kinds are deletion, insertion, and substitution
What are the three types of mutations
200
DNA
What is the genetic material in cells
300
A library with instructions
What is DNA like
300
They are reffered to as the DNA backbone
What are the two sides of the ladder reffered to as
300
One strand of old DNA and one strand of new DNA
What is the new DNA molecule made of
300
Nucleotide
What is a base, sugar, and phosphate group.
400
It controls cell growth and other activities
What does DNA control
400
A pair of bases
What are the rungs of the ladder
400
It can begin in just a few hours
How fast can replecation start
400
The cell makes proteins that can fix harmful mutagens
What does the cell make to fix harmful mutagens
400
Replication
What is the process a cell is able to make DNA copies
500
It determines the characteristics of an organism
What does DNA determine
500
Alternating sugars and phosphate groups
What is the backbone of the DNA made of
500
protein works to replicate DNA
What works to replicate DNA
500
The base must change
What must change in order for a mutation to happen
500
Mutation
What is a change in number, type, or order of bases
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